Lake House

Posted on 2019/06/19 by Bartholomew Barker

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Lake House

She lies in forest
Green fresh from rain
Living breath of earth
Cool summer morn

Mirrored in the lake
Spinning dawn ghosts
Light spilling over
Guarding mountains

She welcomes me back
Slipping her doors
With comfortable warmth
‘Round my frailty

No longer exposed
At last at home

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(Twelve years ago I left this idyllic house on the shore of Manitook Lake, Granby, Connecticut.)

 

About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
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7 Responses to Lake House

  1. Lisa Tomey says:
    2019/06/19 at 20:30

    Beautiful! I’d have a hard time leaving her.

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  2. gentraveling says:
    2019/06/20 at 15:53

    Sounds beautifully cozy!

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  3. -Eugenia says:
    2019/06/25 at 21:53

    Lovely home!

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